[WEB4LIB] Re: Audio books being shared

[Jerry Kuntz]

Eric,
What--you think posting audio books on Napster was done with permission or
meets fair use criteria? Give me a break! [And send me the dime; although
what I'm really looking for are songs from Marshall Crenshaw's criminally
out-of-print "Good Evening" album.]
Along with us head-in-the-sand librarians, there may be a lot of authors,
musicians, editors, and heck--even programmers--rethinking their reasons for
existence, unless you've got an economic model in mind that will compensate
them for their effort and creativity.
Jerry Kuntz
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Hellman <eric at openly.com>
To: <jkuntz at rcls.org>; Multiple recipients of list
<web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Audio books being shared


> Jerry,
>
> I'll bet you a dime that you haven't tried napster either.
>
> Many academic libraries routinely distribute ENTIRE copyrighted
> articles from their collections to other libraries around the world,
> either by permission or through well established fair-use. The
> electronic equivalents of this practice are a subject of contention
> between publishers and libraries.
>
> I've recently been encouraging publishers, librarians, and others to
> actually try out Napster (Macster's very impressive as well), to see
> what the fuss is about, and and to learn why they have to completely
> rethink their reasons for existence. Not doing so is burying ones
> head in the sand.
>
> If you're still a Metallica fan, you can claim a hardship exemption.
>
> Eric
>